Cycling Southland News Archive

Former and current Junior Worlds' representatives Steph McKenzie and Kate Dunlevey are the stars of Sky Sport's new Olympic Games cycling promo. The advert was shot on the Velodrome at the end of March and promotes Sky's 2012 Olympic coverage.

Invercargill cyclist Pieter Bulling moved into contention for the Under-23 podium after a strong performance in stage six of the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland. Bulling and fellow BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing Under-23 teammate Taylor Gunman finished in a select lead group after the gruelling 134km stage from Bunrana to the west coast fishing port of Killybegs, which featured with several category one and two climbs.

A peleton rolled into Invercargill yesterday at the end of a gruelling one-day $10,000 fundraising cycle ride. The group rode from Frankton to Invercargill to raise funds for the Lakes District Air Rescue Trust, the local recipient of the nationwide Westpac Chopper Appeal.

The big climbs caught out the young New Zealand cycling team on stage five of the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland today. Ironically the best of the BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing Under-23 team was the sprint specialist Piet Bulling who managed his way over the climbs to finish in the second bunch.

A group of hardy cyclists set off for Invercargill from Frankton this morning to raise funds for the Lakes District Air Rescue Trust, the local recipient of the nationwide Westpac Chopper Appeal.

Cycling Southland CEO Nick Jeffrey and long-standing members Ray Robinson, Allan Dunn, Erin Criglington and Tim Maynard are part of a crew of hardy Southlanders cycling from Queenstown to Invercargill to raise funds for the Westpac Chopper Appeal.

Southland cyclist Cameron Karwowski finished in the peloton to retain his challenge on the under-23 honours midway through the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland today.

New Zealand cyclist Cameron Karwowski was pipped for a place on the podium in a frantic final sprint on a dramatic stage three of the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland today.

New Zealand riders finished in the peloton as the break got away on the second stage of the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland today with Cameron Karwowski and Piet Bulling leading the way for the New Zealanders at the sharp end of the bunch sprint.

An outstanding display of determination at the recent Club Road Nationals has cemented another great result for Cycling Southland's Josh Haggerty who has been named alongside fellow Central Otago rider Tom Vessey in the eight-strong BikeNZ BRT U19 Men's Squad to compete at the Australian Junior Road Champs.

Southland's two representatives in the New Zealand-Pure Black Racing cycling team led the New Zealanders home with two top-13 finishes in the opening stage of the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland today.

Cycling Southland’s first annual awards evening was held last week at Ascot Park Hotel. Like many sporting organizations, one of the major challenges our organization faces is trying to appropriately recognize the incredible achievements and contributions on and off the bike during the course of the year writes CEO Nick Jeffrey.

Cycling Southland’s Phillipa Gray, Laura Thompson and Kylie Young were today named in the New Zealand Paralympic Games squad to line up in London in September.

While most cycling attention is on the London Olympics, a group of up-and-coming talent is leaving no stone unturned to reach the top of the world. The 16-strong BikeNZ junior track cycling team heads overseas in the coming weeks to prepare for the UCI World Championships to be held on home territory in Invercargill on 22-26 August.

With an average age under 20 years, a youthful BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing team will take on their ultimate test that will sort the men from the boys in the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland starting on Sunday.

On Friday 8 June you are invited to join for an evening of celebration to support our Cycling Southland finalists Eddie Dawkins, Steph McKenzie and Ross Machejefski for the ILT Southland Sports Awards

Cycling Southland tonight paid tribute to a large list of contributors on and off the bike at the annual Awards evening, held at Ascot Park Hotel. The evening recognized volunteers, new-comers and the first ever Rider of the Year awards.

AvantiPlus Invercargill invites you down to their Tay Street store on Saturday 26 May for their Avanti and Scott Bikes Road Demo Day.

The team at Muscle Fix are offering this year's Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit participants a special introductory offer to new clients.

For all you guys keen to get some cross training in over winter, the Southland Triathlon and Mulit-sport club  have some Sunday events coming up over winter.  So dust off your runners and get out there!